The SitePoint Forums have moved.

You can now find them here.
This forum is now closed to new posts, but you can browse existing content.
You can find out more information about the move and how to open a new account (if necessary) here.
If you get stuck you can get support by emailing forums@sitepoint.com

If this is your first visit, be sure to
check out the FAQ by clicking the
link above. You may have to register
before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,
select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Anyone having really low traffic to end off July?

My site has had a drop in traffic the last three days and I am wondering it the internet is just not in high use right now. I am assuming it is this or the fact that my VPS is running awkwardly slow right now.

I was wondering this to the last couple of days all 6 of my sites have taken a bit of a dive in traffic was trying to figure out if then net was not in high use at least i now know im not the only one!

Many sites see very dramatic drops in traffic during the northern hemisphere's summer months. The reason is lots of people go on vacation and aren't in school. Think of it this way, if it was a really nice day, would you spend it playing on the computer or going to the beach? Also since many people only have Internet access via work or school, there are a lot fewer people able to access the Internet during the summer months.

For those experiencing significant drops in traffic, they should start to see traffic begin to increase come the end of September.

Many sites see very dramatic drops in traffic during the northern hemisphere's summer months. The reason is lots of people go on vacation and aren't in school. Think of it this way, if it was a really nice day, would you spend it playing on the computer or going to the beach? Also since many people only have Internet access via work or school, there are a lot fewer people able to access the Internet during the summer months.

For those experiencing significant drops in traffic, they should start to see traffic begin to increase come the end of September.

Cool Thanx for that i live in australia so that would answer allot thnx dude

Cool Thanx for that i live in australia so that would answer allot thnx dude

One correction, traffic should begin increasing around the beginning of Sept not the end of Sept. The graph below shows daily trends from one of my websites to give you an idea of how extreme annual traffic fluctuations can be.

Summer always seems to have a drop in traffic.. I attribute this to the "college factor" a great deal of internet users are students, many of which are at college, away from home and use the internet from everything from studying for classes or to keep in touch with family. Without their massive presence during the summer months, you are going to notice a huge downturn in usage... this is partially made up by the extra usage by school age students who use it more during the summer months as they have more free time. Also in colder climates, you'll notice that there are a greater number of users in the winter months as there is less to do. For example, if you track users by geographical region, you'll notice that you will have a surge of users in Alaska during the months of November to March, because it's almost entirely dark during those months and there's very little to do. I pretty much bank on that market during those months and would always focus marketing towards those regions, with much greater return than anywhere else.

Yes, it's natural to have a drop in traffic around this time. People are out partying-- that's why-- especially the kiddies! It's usually dead for me during the summer, but then traffic picks up in the fall and soars for a good couple of months starting in November or so and well into April and May. Then it drops again.

surprisingly my stats dropped from june alot but one thing puzzles me is that AW Stats reports really low numbers while Webalizer reports much higher. Im talking like 6,000 from AW Stats and like 15,000 from Webalizer. Now these two always differ by a small margin but never this big of a margin. any answers?

The counting of stats is a very subjective. Given the number of uniques you are talking about, I'm not at all suprised that two different stats packages are giving you such a difference in uniques count.

Here are some factors that screw up the counting of "uniques":

1) how well the stats package weeds out bots and automated processes (e.g. MSIECrawler)

2) how uniques are defined. Are all hits coming from the same IP address on the same day being counted as a unique or is a different method used to count uniques?

The counting of stats is a very subjective. Given the number of uniques you are talking about, I'm not at all suprised that two different stats packages are giving you such a difference in uniques count.

Here are some factors that screw up the counting of "uniques":

1) how well the stats package weeds out bots and automated processes (e.g. MSIECrawler)

2) how uniques are defined. Are all hits coming from the same IP address on the same day being counted as a unique or is a different method used to count uniques?

Yeah, different trackers usually have different time tables for counting uniques. Some may only count the same person every 24 hours, while some count them every 18, etc.

Increase Traffic in your website now

Originally Posted by casbboy

My site has had a drop in traffic the last three days and I am wondering it the internet is just not in high use right now. I am assuming it is this or the fact that my VPS is running awkwardly slow right now.

Thanks
Ryan

Creating a website is not enough to guarantee your success on the Net. You need to get visitors to your website. Whether you have small personal page or building a big business website you need to know the basics of Internet Marketing. Here is are following marketing tips that you can receive traffic of your site.

1. Free Classified Sites : Place ads in free classified sites and you can receive traffic instantly. You should try to place atleast 10 free responsive classifieds with appropraiate category. One excellent resource is Craigslist, a free online community which has expanded into many different cities.

2. JOb Site Listings : Post ads in JobSite and you can receive decent amount of traffic. The most responsive site is http://www.jobvertise.com and here you should place ads and update daily, preferably twice in a day. You can search free jobsites where you can post your job ads.

3. Directory Listings : Place ads in free directory and that will help to increase your PR and traffic. Just search google/yahoo and collect free directory to place your listings. It is one time submission and track the sites where you have placed for your site.

4. Write Articles : Write articles or free reports for other webmasters to publish and put your website address in the by-line. If you write good content,your articles will be published and many readers who like your article will go on to visit your website.

5. Link Exchange : Exchange Links with other websites will not only increase your traffic but also increase page rank on Search Engines and that will ultimate good listings in the major search engines like google, MSN or yahoo.

7. Home Page Link Exchange : Home page link exchange is the good way to get more traffic and PR.

8. Business Cards : If you plan to have anything printed up, put your web address on it. You can print your URL on business cards, stickers, leaflets, etc.

9. Forums : Add your web address to your forum profile signature. Every time you post or respond to questions your ad will be displayed. If you post good content in forums, people who read your threads will also check out your website.

10. Blogs : Add a blog to your site and Ping weblogs.com and other search engines. Pinging your blogs to the search engines is the fastest way to get the search engine robots to visit your blog and attract new visitors to your web site.

Use the above technique to receive instant traffic of your site and that will dramatically increase your sales.